Pancontinental explores recently acquired project in Ontario The Toronto-based miner acquired the 4,170-hectare St. Laurent project in March. MINING.COM Staff Writer | July 3, 2019 | 6:31 am
Nouveau Monde raises C$22m for next phase of Matawinie graphite project The Matawinie project has been the subject of a feasibility study for an all-electric, open pit mine. Canadian Mining Journal Staff | July 2, 2019 | 3:35 pm
Base metals performance to slow in short term, Moody’s predicts Over the next year, Moody’s predicts prices will remain below 2018 levels while rising costs will put price margins under pressure. MINING.com Editor | July 1, 2019 | 2:51 pm
Toyota to invest $2bn in developing electric vehicles in Indonesia The Japanese carmaker said this month that it aimed for half its global sales to be from electric vehicles by 2025, five years ahead of schedule. Reuters | June 27, 2019 | 11:16 am
Japan secures rare earth supply for longer through Lynas funding It means the Asian nation now has a larger and lengthier hold on the company’s rare earths output. Cecilia Jamasmie | June 27, 2019 | 4:45 am
Why Goldman thinks nickel is trading like a biotech start-up — opinion Nickel is defying both the general macroeconomic concerns weighing on other industrial metals and signs its own internal dynamics are weakening. Reuters | June 26, 2019 | 11:58 am
Massive solar storage project planned for Nevada desert The projects mark one of the the biggest expansions of solar and storage ever proposed in the US. Bloomberg News | June 25, 2019 | 9:38 am
France’s Eramet gives go-ahead to lithium project in Argentina The miner expects to invest 525 million euros in the Centenario deposit with the aim of producing 24,000 tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent per year. Reuters | June 24, 2019 | 3:26 pm
US waives tariffs on Japanese aluminum for Tesla battery cells The U.S. Commerce Department has agreed to Tesla's request to waive 10% tariffs on imported aluminum from Japan. Reuters | June 24, 2019 | 1:09 pm